Avaliação Pedagógica, de Usabilidade e Acessibilidade em Ambiente Virtual de Aprendizagem

Abstract

With the emergence of Distance Learning (DE), Virtual Learning Environments (VLE) also appear, an important instrument in the process of teaching and learning by institutions. The courses offered in AVAs also receive the presence of groups of individuals who need accessibility for navigation. Another recurring problem is the poor structure and / or organization of the course that causes students to drop out. In view of this problem, the objective of this work is to evaluate the visualization, accessibility and pedagogical aspects of the AVA Mandacaru that it supports as academic and distance learning activities at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. The evaluation carried out with three phases, a first use analysis, was carried out manually using the inspection evaluation, through the heuristic evaluation defined by Nielsen and Molich (1994). A second analysis was carried out, with an automatic evaluator directed to indicate non-conformities with the accessibility principles standardized in WCAG 2.0. Finally, a pedagogical analysis, based on a set of proposed proposals, the result of the main researches from the theoretical point of view in the pedagogical perspective. This work serves as a reference for future estimates and development in AVAs, an end of contribution to a greater socio-digital inclusion and pedagogical quality. The evaluation results that show that Mandacaru has points of improvement in terms of usability, accessibility and the importance of applying yet another evaluation method to analyze the pedagogical aspect in AVAS. As well as the guarantee of good practices of use and accessibility, in all stages of the development process of the VLE as pedagogical estimates in the course.